Swipe A Beer Bottle... Accidentally Hit... Sorry, Video Doesn't Lie
http://youtu.be/HPjLwQm0bPo
PHILADELPHIA — Triggering a deafening eruption of cheers from a courtroom packed with scores of Philadelphia police, a city judge Tuesday found former police Lt. Jonathan Josey not guilty of simple assault for swinging at and decking a woman during an unruly street party after last year's Puerto Rican Parade.
Municipal Court Judge Patrick F. Dugan said he remained troubled by Josey's conduct on the 10-second video that shows Josey hit Aida Guzman from behind and knock her to the ground during the Sept. 30 incident.
Dugan, however, cited Josey's testimony that the 19-year decorated police veteran was trying to swipe a beer bottle from Guzman's hand and accidentally hit her. Josey said he acted in the context of an escalating melee in which some spectators were throwing beer bottles at police trying to arrest a driver doing "donuts" in the middle of the intersection.
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